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in a black history month special, we remember the lives of the legendary civil rights activist, singer and actor paul robeson and his wife eslanda. >> i have never separated by work as an artist from my work as a human being. i have always believed more strongly to me my art is always a weapon. >> we will speak with historian barbara ransby, author of the new book, "eslanda: the large and unconventional life of mrs. paul robeson." >> both paul and essie refused to renounce their radical friends and refused to renounce their own radical views. again, they paid a price for it. paul was blacklisted, they lost their house, had extensive fbi files and so forth. >> but first, north korea has just carried out its largest ever nuclear test. it says the test was done in the face of increased hostility from the u.s. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. north korea is drawing global condemnation for a new underground nuclear test. the north korean government confirmed the test after seismic activity of 4.9 magnitude
in a black history month special, we remember the lives of the legendary civil rights activist, singer and actor paul robeson and his wife eslanda. >> i have never separated by work as an artist from my work as a human being. i have always believed more strongly to me my art is always a weapon. >> we will speak with historian barbara ransby, author of the new book, "eslanda: the large and unconventional life of mrs. paul robeson." >> both paul and essie refused to...
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what's been the interplay between our civil rights movement and his struggle? >> the commitment, the dedication, the inspiration of this one man meant everything to the american civil rights movement. i remember it as a young student in nashville in 1962 and '63 and '64. we said if nelson mandela can do it, we can do it. we identify with the struggle. and when i met him for the first time, he said to me, john lewis, i noknow all about you. i follow you. you inspire us. i said no, mr. mandela, you inspire us. so there was this unbelievable relationship between what was happening in america and what would happen in south africa. we would say from time to time the struggle in birmingham, the struggle in selma is inaccept raable from the struggle in sharpville. >> one of the reasons i wanted to talk to you today congressman was reading about and thinking about and trying to understand the importance of those decisions made by mandela and other apartheid leaders after sharpville, when they decided non-violence was not enough, they have been so committed to nonviolen
what's been the interplay between our civil rights movement and his struggle? >> the commitment, the dedication, the inspiration of this one man meant everything to the american civil rights movement. i remember it as a young student in nashville in 1962 and '63 and '64. we said if nelson mandela can do it, we can do it. we identify with the struggle. and when i met him for the first time, he said to me, john lewis, i noknow all about you. i follow you. you inspire us. i said no, mr....
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. >> reporter: civil rights lawyer george bizos was mandela's attorney and friend. >> he was an example to the people of south africa, to the people of africa, to the people of the world as to how authorities is to be exercised. >> reporter: almost 60 heads of state including president barack obama and most of the living former u.s. presidents will attend mandela's memorial and funeral services this week. from a massive ceremony at a johannesburg stadium tuesday to lying in state in the capitol pretoria to burial next sunday in his ancestral village in the eastern cape province, it's expected to be one of the largest global gatherings in recent history. >> reporter: you say 11,000 troops? >> 11,000 troops have been deployed. >> reporter: defense minister nosiviwe mapisa-nqakula is overseeing security. she says soldier, the air force, national and city police all are being deployed to control and protect tens of thousands of mourners. >> this is a test for us. and we know that and believe that people will be watching how south africa perform. >> today a south african's pray, >> reporter:
. >> reporter: civil rights lawyer george bizos was mandela's attorney and friend. >> he was an example to the people of south africa, to the people of africa, to the people of the world as to how authorities is to be exercised. >> reporter: almost 60 heads of state including president barack obama and most of the living former u.s. presidents will attend mandela's memorial and funeral services this week. from a massive ceremony at a johannesburg stadium tuesday to lying in...
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our civil rights movement had its music, but, in south africa, hundreds of songs rang out. >> ( singing "nanku" ) >> marsalis: "nanku," recorded by mariam makeba, kept alive the spirit of mandela and others locked up on robben island. >> the nation's feelings when those guys were all in jail was how much they missed them. ( sings "nangue" ) and it says they are all rotting in jail. while we need them here, they are all rotting in jail. >> ♪ nan gue nanque nangue, mandela oh, my africa. ♪ >> you know, nobody had seen him since the 1960s. by the '80s, you were not allowed to say his name in south africa. ♪ >> marsalis: in the mid 1980s, hugh was far from home, making music in botswana when nelson mandela reached out to him. in 1985, he was still incarcerated. he took the time to write you a letter on your birthday. >> he just had this letter smuggled out of prison. here's a guy who's been in jail for 20 years, but he's writing to me, giving me encouragement. i just stood there and said, "wow," and i then went to the piano and i started singing. ( sings "bring back nelson mandela" )
our civil rights movement had its music, but, in south africa, hundreds of songs rang out. >> ( singing "nanku" ) >> marsalis: "nanku," recorded by mariam makeba, kept alive the spirit of mandela and others locked up on robben island. >> the nation's feelings when those guys were all in jail was how much they missed them. ( sings "nangue" ) and it says they are all rotting in jail. while we need them here, they are all rotting in jail. >>...
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. >>> today we're remembering a pivotal moment in civil rights history that happened on this day 60 years ago. the landmark brown versus the board of education decision of 1954 declared that separate public schools for black and white students were unconstitutional. an important part of that decision was the one that applied to washington, d.c. and six decades ago today two lawyers argued the washington, d.c. portion of the case. their argument, school segregation was a violation of liberty. the decision would have a direct impact on the first high school in the country, dunbar high school in washington, d.c. opened in 1870 and despite being segregated, it developed ground breaker after ground breaker. including george hayes. one of the lawyers who argued the case. and charles hamilton houston, the lawyer known as the man who killed jim crow. this year a great book chronicles the school in "first class: the legacy of dunbar, america's first black public high school." joining me now is the author allison stewart. allison, thanks for being here. >> i am thrilled to be here. >> let's start 6
. >>> today we're remembering a pivotal moment in civil rights history that happened on this day 60 years ago. the landmark brown versus the board of education decision of 1954 declared that separate public schools for black and white students were unconstitutional. an important part of that decision was the one that applied to washington, d.c. and six decades ago today two lawyers argued the washington, d.c. portion of the case. their argument, school segregation was a violation of...
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mandela, a remarkable life dedicated his to fighting for civil rights in south africa. mandela lived long enough to see a multiracial democratic south africa. he called it the rainbow nation. the grief over his death crossed racial lines ha he devoted his to erasing. a young man at the age of 25, he
mandela, a remarkable life dedicated his to fighting for civil rights in south africa. mandela lived long enough to see a multiracial democratic south africa. he called it the rainbow nation. the grief over his death crossed racial lines ha he devoted his to erasing. a young man at the age of 25, he
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civil rights did. obama in an act of what i would call constitutional indecency because it's legal to do it but isn't traditional in any way, he passed obamacare wout a single member supporting him in either house from the other side. against public opinion and after we've had an off year election in massachusetts where the candidate for republicans ran on a platform of opposing obamacare they shoved it down the throw of the american people, through congress on a maneuver called reconciliation. that is the reason he's out there alone in the wind as this whole thing, obamacare collapses around him. did he not do what fdr and lbj did. they understood these math tiz are temporary. obama seized on temporary majority, american people rejected and now, he's reaping whirl wind perfect that. >> he seems to be confused or indignant republicans aren't rushing in to try to salvage the law as opposed to sitting back and criticizing it. they don't like the law. but, charles, do they have an obligation to do problem
civil rights did. obama in an act of what i would call constitutional indecency because it's legal to do it but isn't traditional in any way, he passed obamacare wout a single member supporting him in either house from the other side. against public opinion and after we've had an off year election in massachusetts where the candidate for republicans ran on a platform of opposing obamacare they shoved it down the throw of the american people, through congress on a maneuver called reconciliation....
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. >>> a federal jury has granted one of the largest civil rights verdicts to an ohio man who spent 11 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. david ayers was awarded $13.2 million. he was freed in 2011 after dna tests cleared him in the killing of a 76-year-old woman at the public housing complex where she worked. the city attorney in cleveland, which is on the hook to pay, says officials are, quote, disappointed and considering their options. >>> it is a day of rest at the vatican before one of the biggest weeks for the roman catholic faithful. starting on tuesday, 115 cardinal electors will begin the process of voting for a new pope, but there is also controversy as a cardinal in the conclave is accused of covering up child abuse by a priest. cnn's senior international correspondent dan rivers joins us now from rome. he is just down the street from the vatican. dan, the cardinals begin voting on tuesday. what is the likelihood that they'll pick a new pope right away, that it may take a day or two, or will it take longer, do you think? >> reporter: the honest answer is, no one
. >>> a federal jury has granted one of the largest civil rights verdicts to an ohio man who spent 11 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. david ayers was awarded $13.2 million. he was freed in 2011 after dna tests cleared him in the killing of a 76-year-old woman at the public housing complex where she worked. the city attorney in cleveland, which is on the hook to pay, says officials are, quote, disappointed and considering their options. >>> it is a day of rest at...
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meeting with world leaders and his civil rights hero. >> so help me god. >> reporter: as promised, he stepped down as president of south africa after serving just one term. >> south africa has been a despotic state through almost the whole of the 20th century. mandela's legacy stands against it. that is one of the best and most optimistic qualities that he hands to the people of south africa. >> reporter: by all accounts, the measure of this man can be taken by what he wants to be remembered for. here lies nelson mandela said, a man whos has done his duty on earth. >> keith miller reporting. joining us the council on foreign relations richard haas. we talk a lot in vague terms how iconic and important he was. can you somehow crystallize it from a global perspective, his impact? >> just imagine if nelson mandela had been a different kind of person and south africa had gone into a bloody race war in which apartheid didn't end peacefully, but instead, had been a violent transition in which hundreds of thousands of people had died simply because of race. imagine what that would have meant
meeting with world leaders and his civil rights hero. >> so help me god. >> reporter: as promised, he stepped down as president of south africa after serving just one term. >> south africa has been a despotic state through almost the whole of the 20th century. mandela's legacy stands against it. that is one of the best and most optimistic qualities that he hands to the people of south africa. >> reporter: by all accounts, the measure of this man can be taken by what he...
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>>> this morning, the world wakes to the news that a joint of human and civil rights is gone. nelson mandela, a guiding force, reve revered, forever changing history. >> recognize that apartheid has no future. >> he spent nearly three decades in prison, emerging to become the first black president of south africa. a father figure to his people. and to millions around the world. this morning, new reaction from every corner of the world. >> i cannot fully imagine my own life without the example that nelson mandela set. >> right now on "america this morning," abc news remembers nelson mandela, a man who changed the world. ♪ >>> and this morning, the world wakes to news of a giant of human and civil rights gone. nelson mandela, a guiding force for millions, revered for forever changing history. >> she spent nearly three decades in prison, becoming the first black president in south africa. father figure to millions around the globe. >> people around the world are remembering nelson mandela, a symbol of forbearance, peace and dignity. we have pictures from south africa, where peo
>>> this morning, the world wakes to the news that a joint of human and civil rights is gone. nelson mandela, a guiding force, reve revered, forever changing history. >> recognize that apartheid has no future. >> he spent nearly three decades in prison, emerging to become the first black president of south africa. a father figure to his people. and to millions around the world. this morning, new reaction from every corner of the world. >> i cannot fully imagine my own...
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later, civil rights leader jesse jackson is in hot water saying apartheid is alive in the usa. this comes to us courtesy than none other the king of late night, number one rated host of late night nbc is dumb enough to fire a second time. >> this winter storm has left thousands without electricity. president obama is taking over the power company. >> don't forget we always want to hear from you, log onto our companion site and share your thoughts or go to twitter at sean hannity. >>> welcome back to hannity. as the one year anniversary of the sandy hook school shooting approaches, take a look at this ad. >> on december 14th, there is a moment of silence for newtown. but with 26 more school shootings since that day, ask yourself is silence what america needs right now? >> while everyone in the country can agree, something needs to be done to prevent future incidents like the one that occurred last year in newtown, questions are being raised whether or not these groups are using the horrific tragedy to push through their gun control agenda. alexis manage gill johnson and lois lan
later, civil rights leader jesse jackson is in hot water saying apartheid is alive in the usa. this comes to us courtesy than none other the king of late night, number one rated host of late night nbc is dumb enough to fire a second time. >> this winter storm has left thousands without electricity. president obama is taking over the power company. >> don't forget we always want to hear from you, log onto our companion site and share your thoughts or go to twitter at sean hannity....
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the last minute twist in a case testing a bedrock of civil rights in america. we'll tell you about that next. ♪ i've got you under my skin if you're seeing spots before your eyes... it's time... for aveeno® positively radiant face moisturizer. [ female announcer ] only aveeno® has an active naturals total soy formula that instantly brightens skin. and helps reduce the look of brown spots in just 4 weeks. for healthy radiant skin. try it for a month. then go ahead and try to spot a spot....
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we have a civil rights and as a voting rights act and they are important. but the struggle continues. and not just in montgomery and atlanta, but in new york and pittsburgh. and rosa parks is in all of those places, right? and she keeps struggling against the death penalty. against the apartheid in south africa. against the vietnam nam war. she is looking at all of the issues that face us today and as mary sa mary i think it -- said -- gives us further history to deal with and face. i think that is what again this history of recovery -- part of what it does is helps us see today differently. >> that was another thing. and that is a number of folks, if you think about it, no one ever let rosa parks speaks. she and i talked about that. she would be at all of these things and she would be the symbol people would stand up and say rosa parks sat down on the bus. the only place where she gat got to talk about what she felt and believe was which she came and got arrested on embassy we were having on the apartheid. we said you have to speak. you have things to say.
we have a civil rights and as a voting rights act and they are important. but the struggle continues. and not just in montgomery and atlanta, but in new york and pittsburgh. and rosa parks is in all of those places, right? and she keeps struggling against the death penalty. against the apartheid in south africa. against the vietnam nam war. she is looking at all of the issues that face us today and as mary sa mary i think it -- said -- gives us further history to deal with and face. i think...
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rights movement in the united states or all sorts of protest movements that started out sometimes as boycotts or pickets against the montgomery bus company were things of that nature that can have truly world changing affect you know what if people are fed up with the government both republicans and democrats using the same drums math and all the rest drawing are considered from the democratic processes that that claim to be the ruling authority in for example the united states context and that that comes from having more people not voting in an election than voting is a clear sign to that that there is and that with role of consent and when we start to reach those types of levels and and people are either writing in one of the above or withdrawing from the voting process altogether i think you can start to see that there's a type of way that you can boycott government policies to to at least get it to respond to what's happening and when it when it loses the legitimize ation that comes from these elections that are put on every four years i think people will start to understand that
rights movement in the united states or all sorts of protest movements that started out sometimes as boycotts or pickets against the montgomery bus company were things of that nature that can have truly world changing affect you know what if people are fed up with the government both republicans and democrats using the same drums math and all the rest drawing are considered from the democratic processes that that claim to be the ruling authority in for example the united states context and that...
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brown hosted him in his civil rights tour after he got out of prison. >> mandela came here in 1990, and 70,000 packed into the coliseum to see their hero and receive thanks for his activism. >> it is you, the people of the bay area, who have given me and my dedication hopes to continue to prosper. >> the bay area choir who performed for him in south africa will be live at 6:30. >>> the man who paid a lot of money to combat -- tenure and the mark he leaves behind. >> reporter: the so-called supercop is back in new york. the mayor elect named william braton the job he had under giuliani. >> this is a beacon of light for the rest of world. >> reporter: his record of cleaning up crime was what attracted the oakland officials, paying him $250,000 to tell them how to tackle crime here. a year-long contract job that ended a month ago. >> i think what bill did was that he came in and he watched how we were implementing different things, from time to time, our crime analysis. even though you can do the form of it, do you do the heart of it, try to predict where the crime will happen? having some
brown hosted him in his civil rights tour after he got out of prison. >> mandela came here in 1990, and 70,000 packed into the coliseum to see their hero and receive thanks for his activism. >> it is you, the people of the bay area, who have given me and my dedication hopes to continue to prosper. >> the bay area choir who performed for him in south africa will be live at 6:30. >>> the man who paid a lot of money to combat -- tenure and the mark he leaves behind....
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as plans for a memorial take shape the son of another civil rights icon is remembering the man who helped end apartheid. every day we're working to be an even better company - and to keep our commitments. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. through all of our energy operations, we invest more in the u.s. than any other place in the world. in fact, we've invested over $55 billion here in the last five years - making bp america's largest energy investor. our commitment has never been stronger. i need you. i feel so alone. but you're not alone. i knew you'd come. like i could stay away. you know i can't do this without you. you'll never have to. you're always there for me. shh! i'll get you a rental car. i could also use an umbrella. fall in love with progressive's claims service. >>> plans for a week of mourning for nelson mandela are coming into focus. in johannesburg today hundreds of people are celebrating the life of the former south african president outside his home. mandela died thursday, he was 95 years old. the tone will turn tomorrow f
as plans for a memorial take shape the son of another civil rights icon is remembering the man who helped end apartheid. every day we're working to be an even better company - and to keep our commitments. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. through all of our energy operations, we invest more in the u.s. than any other place in the world. in fact, we've invested over $55 billion here in the last five years - making bp america's largest energy...
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you know, all those gop senators who voted for the civil rights act and the voting rights act. what happened to them? what happened to that republican party? for the civil rights act, the republican vote in the u.s. senate was 27-6. in the house it was 136-35. four out of five republican members in both houses for civil rights. for the voting rights act the following year the republican vote in the senate was 30-2. in the house the republican vote was 112-24. overwhelming in all cases. i'm watching this debate over the voting rights act and the immediate for it today and i'm struck with the reality that the reason for it today is the republican party. not the party of the 1960s but one of the reince priebus's parties, that one. the one that's backed voter suppression efforts in dozens of states and keeps on doing it. every time a state run by a republican legislature and governor passes another bill making it harder to vote, cutting down on voting days, expanding voter i.d. requirements, you have to wonder, are they doing precisely what the voting rights act was designed to sto
you know, all those gop senators who voted for the civil rights act and the voting rights act. what happened to them? what happened to that republican party? for the civil rights act, the republican vote in the u.s. senate was 27-6. in the house it was 136-35. four out of five republican members in both houses for civil rights. for the voting rights act the following year the republican vote in the senate was 30-2. in the house the republican vote was 112-24. overwhelming in all cases. i'm...
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court heard arguments on a key part of the law that friers with states with history of civil rights discrimination to get permission before changing the law. outside the court, hundreds of protesters rallied to support the law the way it is. >>> well, coming up, we'll go back to the vatican for more on the pope's very last day. stay with us. but they can also hold you back. unless you ask, what's next? [ zapping ] [ clang ] this is the next level of performance. the next level of innovation. the next rx. the f sport. this is the pursuit of perfection. by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. [ jen garner ] what skincare brand is so effective... so trusted... so clinically proven dermatologists recommend it twice as much as any other brand? neutrogena®. recommended by dermatologists 2 times more than any other brand. now that's beautiful. neutrogena®. ♪ neutrogena®. ♪ ♪ no two people have the same financial goals. pnc
court heard arguments on a key part of the law that friers with states with history of civil rights discrimination to get permission before changing the law. outside the court, hundreds of protesters rallied to support the law the way it is. >>> well, coming up, we'll go back to the vatican for more on the pope's very last day. stay with us. but they can also hold you back. unless you ask, what's next? [ zapping ] [ clang ] this is the next level of performance. the next level of...
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equal marriage rights are civil rights." i want to extrapolate on some of the history that alice shared with us a little earlier. yes, i've seen waters working with willy brown in the state assembly at that time, led california to divest its billions of dollars of vest /-pl in south africa, but prior to that it was governor george on his seat at the university of california who led the university of california to first divest its funds in south africa. and whereas we see yesterday some very unfortunate partisan comments as a result of barack /o bam obama living the spirit as he shook the hands of castro on a public stage. from the university of california, to the state legislature, to the city and county of san francisco, it was our board of supervisors, the first local legislative body in the country, led by cecil, thank you for reminding us of harvey milk, his successor on the board of supervisors, harry brit led to divest in south africa. so state of california, city and county of san francisco, we led the way in divestin
equal marriage rights are civil rights." i want to extrapolate on some of the history that alice shared with us a little earlier. yes, i've seen waters working with willy brown in the state assembly at that time, led california to divest its billions of dollars of vest /-pl in south africa, but prior to that it was governor george on his seat at the university of california who led the university of california to first divest its funds in south africa. and whereas we see yesterday some...
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they couldn't use the same restrooms, very much like the deep south before the civil rights movement, and, you know, there's nothing like that in israel. in fact, the judge that -- one of the judges that made the decision as to the former president of israel being jailed for sexual assault was an arab. there are arabs everywhere that are both pro-israel and not pro-israel, but they are actively involved in the community, and the same with christians. it's an absurd -- the wall, i guess, is what they use as the prop for this because they put a wall up to protect the israelis from suicide bombers, which has been about 90% successful. that was the prop, and every has their picture taken to it if they are anti-israel, and so that's kind of where the jump off point was with carter's book. he never actually said it was in the book, but they just used the hook as a title, and then this sort of ongoing accusations so -- but malcolm heading becomes red in the face when the subject arises. that's how he feels about it. >> you tell of other things in the book that, you know, that reject the noti
they couldn't use the same restrooms, very much like the deep south before the civil rights movement, and, you know, there's nothing like that in israel. in fact, the judge that -- one of the judges that made the decision as to the former president of israel being jailed for sexual assault was an arab. there are arabs everywhere that are both pro-israel and not pro-israel, but they are actively involved in the community, and the same with christians. it's an absurd -- the wall, i guess, is what...
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north and groundwork's about the civil rights movement. dr. weathered. see thank you. [applause] it's good to have everybody out this afternoon. we have got a distinguished conversation here with my professor mary berry at the university of pennsylvania. [applause] barbara ransby is the author of a tiger free of ella baker of eslanda robeson and jeanne theoharis the author of the new biography on rosa parks. [applause] we want to start the conversation by talking about rosa parks. what do we know about rosa parks, jane? >> i wanted to start today with an evening meeting. that evening is november 27, 1955. on that november 27 rosa parks came to a meeting at dexter avenue baptist church to hear tm howard, dr. tm howard talked about the recent acquittal of the two killers of emmett till. dr. king introduce fascinating and howard was there to spread the word. howard had been one of the key organizers in trying to get even a trial of those two men and after those men he had been acquitted was on a tour through the country to spread the word and to continue the organizing af
north and groundwork's about the civil rights movement. dr. weathered. see thank you. [applause] it's good to have everybody out this afternoon. we have got a distinguished conversation here with my professor mary berry at the university of pennsylvania. [applause] barbara ransby is the author of a tiger free of ella baker of eslanda robeson and jeanne theoharis the author of the new biography on rosa parks. [applause] we want to start the conversation by talking about rosa parks. what do we...
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he became one of the greatest civil rights icons of the last 50 years and it cost him almost three decades of his life in a jail cell. vanita on the man who earned the admiration of millions. >> and one wonders what must be passing through mr. mandela's mind at this moment. >> after 27 years in prison, nelson mandela walked into freedom. against all odds, the leader of a rebellion became the leader of national unity. mandela's decade-long rebellion turned him into a freedom fighter, an international hero. >> i fought against white domination. i have fought for every family. >> mandela was born into a privileged family. he supported nonviolence. he became a lawyer and opened the first african law firm. in 1960, mandela turned militant. >> there are many people who feel that it is useless for us to continue talking nonviolence. >> mandela loved up to his name, troublemaker, repeatedly challenging authority. he was convicted of sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the government and sentence to life in prison. he was cut off from the outside world, but mandela's message and movement endured.
he became one of the greatest civil rights icons of the last 50 years and it cost him almost three decades of his life in a jail cell. vanita on the man who earned the admiration of millions. >> and one wonders what must be passing through mr. mandela's mind at this moment. >> after 27 years in prison, nelson mandela walked into freedom. against all odds, the leader of a rebellion became the leader of national unity. mandela's decade-long rebellion turned him into a freedom fighter,...
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by the way, pre-civil rights days were great. people walk into biting dogs. to try to fight it. >> there was a whole movement. right. i mean, this is the kind of thing. i grew up in south carolina and strom thurmon would say this. you do hear this from some older southerners. praising strom thurman saying if you had won, things wouldn't have been so bad. so that's part of that sort of southern older society. i do think within the republican party, there had been moments sort of built into the system where politicians could sort of give the wink and the nod to these sorts of things when republicans would go to south carolina. they would weigh in on terms of how they felt about the confederate flag. they would go to the university for instance. your dad, ron reagan, he goes to philadelphia and mississippi praising state's rights. there are always those sorts of things. but now that doesn't really exist. here is this opportunity in this very kind of big way for them to do the same sort of thing with these pop culture figures. >> i want to get more political here
by the way, pre-civil rights days were great. people walk into biting dogs. to try to fight it. >> there was a whole movement. right. i mean, this is the kind of thing. i grew up in south carolina and strom thurmon would say this. you do hear this from some older southerners. praising strom thurman saying if you had won, things wouldn't have been so bad. so that's part of that sort of southern older society. i do think within the republican party, there had been moments sort of built into...
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. >> it goes back to the civil rights act and the public accommodation title. there were people in the civil rights act who were saying, look, you cannot tell me government who i have to serve at my diner or at my motel. you don't get to tell me because this is a privately run business. there is a statute of that law and the constitutional case law that affirmed it is that when you enter into the marketplace, you're not allowed to bring forth all of your beliefs, there's a certain kind of way we're going to meet each other in the marketplace. it's going to be very interesting to see how that plays out in this case. thank you both. >> thank you. >>> coming up, last night we discussed how the historic diplomatic breakthrough between the united states and iran just dealt a death blow. tonight we're going to talk about this with the former u.s. deputy secretary of defense, paul wolfowitz, yes, him. don't go away. re a business pro. maestro of project management. baron of the build-out. you need a permit... to be this awesome. and you...rent from national. because o
. >> it goes back to the civil rights act and the public accommodation title. there were people in the civil rights act who were saying, look, you cannot tell me government who i have to serve at my diner or at my motel. you don't get to tell me because this is a privately run business. there is a statute of that law and the constitutional case law that affirmed it is that when you enter into the marketplace, you're not allowed to bring forth all of your beliefs, there's a certain kind of...
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. >>> plus, an in-depth look at the legacy of civil rights legend nelson mandela as we sit down for an interview with his family. [ female announcer ] you tweeted, posted and cheered about yoplait's fall favorites. so we brought pumpkin pie and apple crisp back for a limited time. see? you really do call the shots. ♪ yoplait. it is so good. ♪ [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts. today, that's easy. ge is revolutioning power. supercharging turbines with advanced hardware and innovative software. using data predictively to help power entire cities. so the turbines of today... will power us all... into the future. ♪ this is a map of the pressure points on my feet. i have flat feet. re. i learned where the stress was at the dr.scholl's foot mapping center. then i got my number, which matched the custom fit orthotic inserts with the right support. find your closest foot mapping center at drscholls.com. i'm a believer. >>> welcome back. time now for a quick check of your headlines. investigators looking for any hot spots that could cause flare-ups after a devastating boardwalk fire on th
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is it a civil rights issue, that's at the heart of the question. courts shouldn't be handling that. people should be. for republicans to ask for courts to do it, that's what i think could harm the party. >> anna, obviously a lot of republicans have been coming out and supporting same sex marriage, pun intended, including yourself. you signed this document. but a lot of republican leaders still oppose it. here's a few. >> i believe the institution of marriage as it's traditionally known is between one man and one woman and it should stay that way in new jersey. >> i believe marriage is the union of one man and one woman. >> i believe in the traditional definition of marriage. >> i supported the wisconsin amendment to define marriage between a man and woman. >> has it hurt the republican party that people like you are coming out and saying no, we just don't agree with that? >> i think it absolutely helps the republican party. it is a wholesome party that can have diversity of thought. what i aspire to is a big tent party where i can co-exist with people who hold a different opinion bu
is it a civil rights issue, that's at the heart of the question. courts shouldn't be handling that. people should be. for republicans to ask for courts to do it, that's what i think could harm the party. >> anna, obviously a lot of republicans have been coming out and supporting same sex marriage, pun intended, including yourself. you signed this document. but a lot of republican leaders still oppose it. here's a few. >> i believe the institution of marriage as it's traditionally...
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west suggests, he was reaching out to people in the civil rights movement including fannie mae haymer. of course, that goes back to the meetings that he attempted to have with dr. king in alabama. dr. king was in jail at that time, but malcolm met with corretta. he said, you tell dr. king we got his back. we got his back. so another indication that the trajectory of their lives was an confluence of their ideologies, their flosscie philosophies, their political feelings, and they were coming together. when dr. king marched in tennessee. when he spoke out against the war of vietnam, he was coming to a place where malcolm x had been all along. >> speaking about malcolm speaking to everyone. in his grassroots speech i want to quote him. you catch hell if you're a black man. all of us catch hell for the same reason so we have to unite against the, quote, common ene enemy." malcolm x is right, today's white man is the global political system of racism and white supremacy. everyone who wants to say that racism is dead is today's quote/unquote enemy. andrew says malcolm x would be disappointe
west suggests, he was reaching out to people in the civil rights movement including fannie mae haymer. of course, that goes back to the meetings that he attempted to have with dr. king in alabama. dr. king was in jail at that time, but malcolm met with corretta. he said, you tell dr. king we got his back. we got his back. so another indication that the trajectory of their lives was an confluence of their ideologies, their flosscie philosophies, their political feelings, and they were coming...
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that was nailed by the civil rights attorney. cool and is in the hot seat this week after players representing to guantanamo bay detainees for the european court of human rights that they are still in the country for permitting see any black sites to operate and torture their clients on polish soil. uncle rick keene on the sherry and how to convey that are considered high ranking al qaeda operatives before their capture. they claimed they were waterboarding forced to stand in stress positions and went from on executions. nate and all the c i a mall in d c i a black site. on this year it was captured in the u a e in two thousand to convey that was found in pakistan and that she loved them both plans for the cit a secret prison network often called black sites. after that the two men were sent to guantanamo bay where they remain to this day. the men claimed they were tortured at secret c i a prisons in coal and a country that has laws against torture. while cullen has not officially admitting its role in the cit program there is si
that was nailed by the civil rights attorney. cool and is in the hot seat this week after players representing to guantanamo bay detainees for the european court of human rights that they are still in the country for permitting see any black sites to operate and torture their clients on polish soil. uncle rick keene on the sherry and how to convey that are considered high ranking al qaeda operatives before their capture. they claimed they were waterboarding forced to stand in stress positions...
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he never saw himself -- i think particularly in america, so much of the american civil rights movement was reminding african-americans and still is, reminding young children of color, you are equal, you do deserve the exact same things. i think that made a huge difference. >> i think part of that was if you understand he was born in royalty. he was born to a certain manner. his self-concept, he that naturally and he never lost it. because he didn't have that insecurity, he didn't need all that to become a leader. his vanity never outran his sanity. >> talking about the legacy of nelson mandela, we're talking about how those qualities of grace, dignity, humility have been inherited or visited on later generations. i want to play an excerpt from your interview with the president last night where he himself takes a remarkably humble posture as far as being commander in chief, president of the united states. lets take a listen to that. >> the interesting thing about now having been president for five years. it makes you humbler as opposed to cockier as to what you as an individual can do.
he never saw himself -- i think particularly in america, so much of the american civil rights movement was reminding african-americans and still is, reminding young children of color, you are equal, you do deserve the exact same things. i think that made a huge difference. >> i think part of that was if you understand he was born in royalty. he was born to a certain manner. his self-concept, he that naturally and he never lost it. because he didn't have that insecurity, he didn't need all...
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rights movement it's been over fifty years yet we still have inequality there in the us is of course this is not a process which can happen overnight but you are describing things already the south africa today is almost unrecognizable to that twenty years ago. i would say sarah i mean on an intensive daily life in south africa. you know the whole psychology of this south african singer free country. herman is so can they be any two people not come up and said that such a fundamental difference to wake everybody no matter what color their skin is set on fields in south africa today. brady is that an extraordinary sea change i think one forgets that twenty years because of africa was sifting through the country psychologically broken. it was tp and to set firm has had double digit inflation and set out to sweet constitution of the country was an immense tots that's not to say that more recently it has not messed up a lot of things they want not just messed up and katie there are millions of south africans were looking to hold them to comfort us with idiotic has given us. mandela is th
rights movement it's been over fifty years yet we still have inequality there in the us is of course this is not a process which can happen overnight but you are describing things already the south africa today is almost unrecognizable to that twenty years ago. i would say sarah i mean on an intensive daily life in south africa. you know the whole psychology of this south african singer free country. herman is so can they be any two people not come up and said that such a fundamental difference...
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this was after the major civil rights movement and after the vietnam war movement, college campuses in the 80s erupted over the apartheid movement. the administration of ronald reagan finally was the first veto override on foreign policy. it was rejected and taken over as jim baker said on "morning joe." taken over by congress. >> why do you think the world was slow when it came to dealing with south africa? >> i have to say that we in the media are partly to blame. we didn't focus that much on what was going on in south africa. until it just became impossible to ignore. when i went the first time in 1985, it was actually the first time that we focused on the people of south africa. both the black and the white and what the human beings of the country were thinking. why the white people thought they were superior to the blacks and did they ever see an end to that thinking? how the blacks were struggling on every level, not just in the streets, but offices where many of them worked. it was initially focusing on the overall idea of those who are fighting against oppression and those who
this was after the major civil rights movement and after the vietnam war movement, college campuses in the 80s erupted over the apartheid movement. the administration of ronald reagan finally was the first veto override on foreign policy. it was rejected and taken over as jim baker said on "morning joe." taken over by congress. >> why do you think the world was slow when it came to dealing with south africa? >> i have to say that we in the media are partly to blame. we...
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now one civil rights leader -- i was at the memorial and this was years ago. the young people in the movement came up and said he was illiterate. he was always late to meetings and things like that and on and on. i realize the young people who have come in living on the triumphs of this poor man who founded one one of these black r organizations didn't understand who he was elated to get up there and it occurred to me that jesus did not write any books. everybody knows he made history. so just like jesus all these people i'm making history, and they rejected my first book. who are these people? they said they are the people who made history. so i think that's part of why i think we get one image and not another because it's demobilize is us. >> use raise the issue of book publishing at a literary event and merry talk a little bit before about why is it that history has been distorted and repetitious in terms of repeating certain myths and not including others which you know reminds me particularly of the way in which eslanda robeson approach to work. she wasn'
now one civil rights leader -- i was at the memorial and this was years ago. the young people in the movement came up and said he was illiterate. he was always late to meetings and things like that and on and on. i realize the young people who have come in living on the triumphs of this poor man who founded one one of these black r organizations didn't understand who he was elated to get up there and it occurred to me that jesus did not write any books. everybody knows he made history. so just...
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the president compared the struggle starting up the nation's new healthcare system to the civil rights movement. now turning to sad news about one of the ultimate civil rights pioneers -- nelson mandela, an enduring world icon of peaceful resistance, has died mandela famously led south africa, out of apartheid. he spent 27 years in prison after being convicted by a white minority government. he was released in 19-90 and went on to became south africa's first black president in 1994. while in office, the economy nearly doubled. mandela died late yesterday. he was 95. friday is funday at first business. here to lighten the mood and enlighten us-- from the floor of cme group alan knuckman and scott shellady. they are ready to go for traders unplugged. good morning and topic number one: bears snared? corporate profits are at all time highs, stocks are sustaining near record levels-- are the bears growling? alan: my friend here is a market atheist.i know he doesn't believe. but if you look at the pe ratio at 19 and a half versus the record in 2000 was 26. we still have a long ways to go and
the president compared the struggle starting up the nation's new healthcare system to the civil rights movement. now turning to sad news about one of the ultimate civil rights pioneers -- nelson mandela, an enduring world icon of peaceful resistance, has died mandela famously led south africa, out of apartheid. he spent 27 years in prison after being convicted by a white minority government. he was released in 19-90 and went on to became south africa's first black president in 1994. while in...
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inspired by her husband, merley evers became a civil rights icon in her own right. 16 hours after his death, she rallied hundreds in jackson, mississippi and vowed to make sure her husband's death would not be in vein. later she ran for congress, published books on civil rights and in 1995, she was elected chair of the board in the naacp. my national network honored her for her work. on monday, martin luther king day, the work of the evers family comes full circle. 50 years after a life devoted to civil rights, she'll deliver one of the highest honors, the invocation at the inauguration of our country's first black president. joining me now, merley evers-williams. it's an honor to have you with us tonight. >> thank you. it's my honor to be on your show, as well. i think so highly of you and all of your work and all that you're doing now and i'm very, very pleased. >> thank you. >>> tell me, what does it mean to you to be a featured speaker at the second inauguration of the nation's first african american president. >> i have not been able to put those words into feelings yet. i'm so a
inspired by her husband, merley evers became a civil rights icon in her own right. 16 hours after his death, she rallied hundreds in jackson, mississippi and vowed to make sure her husband's death would not be in vein. later she ran for congress, published books on civil rights and in 1995, she was elected chair of the board in the naacp. my national network honored her for her work. on monday, martin luther king day, the work of the evers family comes full circle. 50 years after a life devoted...
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although he did relax a little bit when i told him about my experience in the civil rights movement, but it brought to mind for him maya angelou, do you know her? talked about how he had -- they had read her work in prison. but then, as i watched him over the years as he spent more and more time in the outside world, he became a little more relaxed and talked more and more about what it was like in prison. and talk more and more about his own vision. he was always a very humble man. he never really -- although he was the leader, he never took credit. for example, when i asked him at a day back in his yard a few days after prison, when everybody thought he was going to be president, do you foresee a time when you will become president of this country? he said, well, you know, that's up to my -- i'm a loyal member of the african national congress and whatever they decide. behind the scene i understand he could rule with a kind of iron hand when necessary. but the face -- his face to the public was always of a genial giant. >> way he comported himself and humility is very genuine descri
although he did relax a little bit when i told him about my experience in the civil rights movement, but it brought to mind for him maya angelou, do you know her? talked about how he had -- they had read her work in prison. but then, as i watched him over the years as he spent more and more time in the outside world, he became a little more relaxed and talked more and more about what it was like in prison. and talk more and more about his own vision. he was always a very humble man. he never...
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he looked at us and he said, how can we be part of the civil rights commissioner and this is our country. he didn't say that to randall, i don't know what he ever said. he said i'm having you arrested. and i guess he thought he was going to be scared we had no idea that it would work at all. we tried to be strategic. we tried to do that because we stepped out on faith and it needed to be done. it involves the whole story with congressman maxine waters. what she told me about the whole thing. we did it because it took off all over this country and people joined us. for almost two years, people came from everywhere. the smithsonian african american museum said that they would like my table. i will give it to them after i'm dead. [laughter] [laughter] but anyway, every single day for almost two years again president mandela would understand i'm telling you this story we tried to go to south africa to see what was going on. needless to say they wouldn't give us the ability to go. we couldn't go for this or that. we would announce publicly that things work better and they believed us. [laught
he looked at us and he said, how can we be part of the civil rights commissioner and this is our country. he didn't say that to randall, i don't know what he ever said. he said i'm having you arrested. and i guess he thought he was going to be scared we had no idea that it would work at all. we tried to be strategic. we tried to do that because we stepped out on faith and it needed to be done. it involves the whole story with congressman maxine waters. what she told me about the whole thing. we...
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they struck a deal where by civil rights and democracy came immediately. property rights were respected. a truth of reconciliation commission established under archbishop tutu which allowed south africans of all races to confront their past, but without recriminations that would have made relations poisonous. which was independence, freedom and democracy and equality for all south africans. i think that's really the example of his statesman ship and his vision. >> absolutely. south africa could never have gotten there without all those things you just pointed out. thanks so much. >> years ago, you in new york had an experience to spend time with nelson mandela. >> i did. there was a town hall meeting, i helped book hundreds of people in harlem who wanted to come when his first visit here in 1990, when nelson mandela came and i was so struck by his understated, yet ree gal presence and to listen to him speak, he was very unpolitically correct. he didn't shy away from them, but just to be around somebody who personified forgiveness was a very special experie
they struck a deal where by civil rights and democracy came immediately. property rights were respected. a truth of reconciliation commission established under archbishop tutu which allowed south africans of all races to confront their past, but without recriminations that would have made relations poisonous. which was independence, freedom and democracy and equality for all south africans. i think that's really the example of his statesman ship and his vision. >> absolutely. south africa...
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i had been born and raised through the civil rights movement. movementhe black power someed, we had invited members, poets to speak in san francisco, and it started to become the black art movement as well. so we have the black power movement, as identified by stokely carmichael and the black panther party, and students involved as well, myself and others, and the strike came out of that. it was an aggressive move by the black student union. we were fortunate to get allies in terms of the asian student association, hispanic student association, and progress of white students. >> you were fighting for black around the time of the tucson shootings. a headline in the paper that day. you guys really started the activism. ethnic studies program is 41 years old. the first program, the only one at a major university at the time in the country. it was interesting, the first time i saw huey newton, had any idea what the black panther party was, he came to the black house and began reading poetry. at the black house, there were a number of influential peo
i had been born and raised through the civil rights movement. movementhe black power someed, we had invited members, poets to speak in san francisco, and it started to become the black art movement as well. so we have the black power movement, as identified by stokely carmichael and the black panther party, and students involved as well, myself and others, and the strike came out of that. it was an aggressive move by the black student union. we were fortunate to get allies in terms of the asian...
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in addition to economic freedom zones we have to have a 21st century civil rights agenda with education, choice, voting rights, and prison reform as its foundation. no one's life should be ruined because of a youthful mistake. no one should be thrown in prison for years and decades when they haven't hurt anyone but themselves. no one should lose their voting rights because they spent time in prison. it does us no good to create jobs for young people in detroit if they can't later get such jobs because of an out-of-control war on drugs. mandatory minimum sentences that force judges to give 10, 20, sometimes 50 year sentences for drug offenses are crazy and they've got to end. it is a human tragedy. it is an idea of justice. and there need to be new voices from either party that will say it's time to change. this is whay i've joined with democrats on this. [applause] i've joined with democrats on this. i'm working with senator leahy from vermont to try to give junls more freedom, more leeway when it comes to sentencing. if it were your kid would you want to know whether it was their first
in addition to economic freedom zones we have to have a 21st century civil rights agenda with education, choice, voting rights, and prison reform as its foundation. no one's life should be ruined because of a youthful mistake. no one should be thrown in prison for years and decades when they haven't hurt anyone but themselves. no one should lose their voting rights because they spent time in prison. it does us no good to create jobs for young people in detroit if they can't later get such jobs...